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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ recommends futuristic Netflix movie Nimona

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By Christie Taylor

30 August 2023

NIMONA - A Knight (Riz Ahmed) is framed for a crime he didn't commit and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chlo???? Grace Moretz), a shape-shifting teen who might also be a monster he's sworn to kill. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has tackled before, this is a story about the labels we assign to people and the shapeshifter who refuses to be defined by anyone. Cr: Netflix ???? 2022

Nimona

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I recently watched , the Netflix movie adapted from ND Stevenson’s graphic novel. It’s set in a futuristic world with medieval aesthetics: subways, flying cars and pizza sit alongside suits of armour and wimples.

Nimona (pictured above) is a shapeshifter. But as she tells us – flashing between being a shark, a fox, a squirrel and a girl – she isn’t a girl, she’s Nimona. With her help, Ballister, a commoner-turned-knight, must clear his name, reunite with his boyfriend and save the kingdom. It’s a joyful celebration of being yourself, a meditation on trauma and a parable about…

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